Speaking of Lessons Learned…

Looking at the Hannaford flier reminds me that we discovered the kids will devour poultry on the bone, a drumstick or drum portion of the wing, with rabid enthusiasm.  Much of the time they leave behind boneless chicken breast or turkey white meat.

So duh, I’ll start stocking drumsticks and cook them as well as the other stuff, depending on the recipe.

My turkey soup is arguably they best such thing I have made yet, and Valerie devoured it last night like she had never seen food before.  That’s not usual, but hooray.  Speaking of soup, it’s nice when they get big and coordinated.  This morning Sadie asked for grilled cheese and tomato soup.  It was already late enough we all had it as an early lunch.  Sadie ate all of her sandwich, all of her soup and a bit of Deb’s and Valerie’s, some chips, and a tiny bit of ice cream.  She never eats everything.  Valerie merely ate well.  The cool parts are that they are capable of being specific about what they’d like, and they are capable of eating liquid soup neatly.  Neatly for their ages, anyway, meaning most of it got in them, some got on them, and not much got on the table.

Yesterday morning I was amused by their ability to focus.  So much for no attention span.  In the office I have a small metal file cabinet with a lock.  It’s locked, and while nothing is in there yet, it represents a place they can’t access.  Such places are precious here.

I’m not sure what she was holding, but it was thin and looked like it could be used for picking.  Sadie sat there for half an hour, trying to “pick” the lock so they could open the drawers.  More surprisingly, Valerie sat there with her, seeming to make suggestions and discuss the problem with Sadie.  No fighting.  No “mine!” Utterly fixated on a problem and cooperating or at least not interfering with each other.  It was scary, even as it was so cute.

Okay, back to work.  I finished a draft of a blog-oriented resume, which balances blogging, writing and such, management, and tech in a way that a tech resume won’t.  It is also in a vaguely blog-looking format.  When it’s been reviewed and tweaked enough, I’ll make it available for feedback.  I’m going to see if I can make a more tech oriented one based on the same format.  I also have a big post planned regarding blogging, business, advertising and such.

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